11 November 21

Nice new song sheets greeted us as well as some covid safety updates, before a nice warm up. As I had a week off last week, warm ups seem a very long time ago, because of working so hard on our concert. 

Then we commenced the singing with California Dreamin’ and Ed at the piano, ready to help us tighten up our melody. And definitely our timings. Oh and softening that ‘t’ in the second winter. 

Then Meridy stood to perform, and by we all stood too because those are the rules. Or something. Interestingly, we seemed to have left our cheekbones on our chairs when we stood so we had to stop and pick them up again. Thanks for waiting, Ed! 

I Can Wait Forever came next. Did you do your homework last week? Linda had done her homework. I didn’t because I was off. Ed broke it down for us. The timing is crucial with this one. Your ‘I’ mustn’t be too big. Ed isn’t sure what to do with the end that fades out. But thanks to Linda Ed will be much more sensitive to his dynamics. 

Let’s talk about Christmas, said our Choir master. Song singing will start next week, for God Only Knows if we will even have somewhere to carol. Root out your Christmas 2019 booklets and bring them next time, DFS. 

Everyone seemed to have forgotten that different rows have different parts so some revision went on. Parts one and two got a bit muddled by the bumptious part threes. A scratch of the head should bring them in at the right place. But the doo doo doos and the baa baa bass and a little oooo were still missing. 

Is it me or are those ooooooos rather complicated? After the first doo doo doos the doo doo doers can join in with the baa baa baas. Someone said Alan caught fire. 

And Golden Slumbers to finish. 

Well done DFS keep singing. Love, Cat xxx 

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